Despite his main-event defeat and losing his heavyweight title to Cain Velasquez, Brock Lesnar was the top earner at this past weekend’s UFC 121 event and earned $400,000 of the night’s $1.513 million disclosed payroll.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently requested and today received the list of salaries from the California State Athletic Commission.

Tito Ortiz ($250,000), Velasquez ($200,000) and co-main-event winner Jake Shields ($150,000) were other top earners from the card, which took place Oct. 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for
items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures
do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a
substantial portion of a fighter’s income. They also do not include any
other “locker room” or special bonuses the UFC oftentimes pays.
They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.

For example, as previously reported,
UFC officials handed out $70,000 UFC 121 bonuses to Velasquez (KO of the Night), Roberts
(Submission of the Night), and Sanchez and Thiago (Fight of the Night).

In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to
the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the
event.